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*He need/needs worry about the weather today. This is ungrammatical. "Need" can be either a modal auxiliary verb or a lexical verb. As an auxiliary, it occurs only in non-affirmative contexts, i.e. …

I watched soccer with [my hands warmly in my pockets]. The bracketed element is a verbless clause. The whole "with" PP functions as an adjunct to the clause "I watched soccer". It has a subject+pred …

People can adapt to adverse situations, [just like people living in dry areas are more adapted to aridity]. It sounds fine to me, too. The bracketed element is a comparative clause, where "like" is …

No parking is allowed here. You are right that "no parking" is a noun phrase (functioning here as subject), but "here" is not a determinative. "Is allowed here" is a verb phrase functioning as predi …

1.The reason why I'm single is I'm very shy. 1a The reason I'm single is I'm very shy. 2.*The way how he talks is so impressive. 2a The way he talks is so impressive. 1a is an acceptable alternant t …

Let’s get a taxi home after the concert. A number of words like "home" can suggest a spatial complement, directional or locative, in which case they are best classified as prepositions. In your exa …

It never snows [where I live]. Yes: it's a 'fused' relative construction (your nominal relative) in which "where" is a preposition, thus where I live is a preposition phrase. It has a paraphrase con …

[1] The woman [who was arrested] denies all charges. [2] The woman [arrested] denies all charges. Both examples are grammatically fine and semantically similar. In both cases, the bracketed clause i …

[Some people with pain, anxiety or depression who obtain medical marijuana cards may overuse marijuana within a short time frame, leading to cannabis use disorder while failing to improve their sympt …

[1] I, as well as he/him, am a doctor. [2] I as well as he/him are doctors. Both [1] and [2] are possible. In [1] "as well as" behaves like a subordinator. The 3rd person singular verb-form "am" ind …

Not only (you don’t)/ (don’t you) get paid, but also you put your online safety and privacy in danger. "Not only" when fronted triggers subject-auxiliary inversion, so "don't you" is correct. This k …

They take any faults [identified in themselves] and put them onto others. It's fine, and it doesn't need "that were" to be grammatical or meaningful. The bracketed element is a past-participial clau …

The technology, [often so prescient it borders on creepy,] has made Chinese counterparts very profitable too. The commas mark the bracketed adjective phrase as a supplement, a loosely attached expre …

____________ no money, I cannot buy that lovely house. Only A. is correct. "Having no money" is an adjunct of implicated reason: it can be interpreted as giving a reason for the matrix situation, i. …

I saw a running girl [coming towards us]. Traditional grammar classifies "coming" as a present participle, not as a gerund, but modern grammar simply uses the term 'gerund-participle' for both ing f …